Grease-filter.



H. 1). NOBLES.

GREASE FILTER.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.7, 1909.

Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

INVENT a recess (*3 at its. front side.

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HARRISON 13. NUBLES, OF EAST HARTFORD, GGNNEGTZCUT.

GREASE-FILTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. to, 1912.

Application. filed October 7, 15309; Serial No. 521,441.

To all'whom it may concern Be it known that I, Harrison D. Nears, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofEast Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Grease-Filter, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My improvementrelates generally to the class of devices for separating the heavier and solid matter from liquids, and the object of the invention is to provide a device more specially suitable for filteringhot grease especially used by bakers in the preparation of variousfoods.

One form of device in the use of which the objects sought may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a filter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view on enlarged scale in central vertical section through the device.

In the preparation of foods which are cooked by immersion in hotgrease, and especially io'the frying of doughnuts, crullers and the like ithas been a common practice to allow the grease to cool to a certain extent and the heavier particles of dough, flour and the like to settle to the bottom, after which the liquid is poured oil. More or less of the grease, dough andflour adhere to the sides of the kettles in this operation, which by reason of the difliculty attending its removal is allowed to remain with the consequence that in subsequent operations the sediment is burned on to the sides of the vessel and bements of a device for filtering this hot grease are that it shall be such as not to be injuriously affected by the grease filtered therein. Soldered' joints, therefore, become impractical for the reason that the solder will be melted and the joints destroyed. In the device herein illustrated and described these objections are removed, as no joints are employed in the construction, and the several parts are so arranged that they may be easily removed and cleaned.

In the accompanying drawings the nu- Ineral 5 denotes. a base ring constructed of any suitalme material and preferably having Casters 7'- are secured to this ring as a means of moving the filter.

Supports 8 of suitable number rise from r the base ring, being secured thereto in any suitable manner, and at the upper end of these supports a filter receiving ring 9 is secured in any suitable manner.

The filter proper is supported within this ring, projecting both above and below-it, this filter including a receptacle l0 preferably formed of cast metal and having a receiving chamber 11. At the bottom of this chamber shoulders 12 are formed, and below this chamber the receptacle is shaped into a pot receiving receptacle 13. Pans 14, construcce'd of suitable materia preferably metal, and having handles at opposite sides by means of which they may be removed, are supported upon the shoulders 12. The bottom of each pan is perforated as at 16 and upon this perforated bottom a screen is located. These screens each consist of two rings 1'? between which a screening fabric 18, preferably of wire mesh, is clamped, the two rings being suitably secured together as by belts or screws so that the screen fabric may be readily removed and renewed.

The pot receiving receptacle 13 is preferably tapered from top to bottom, being smaller at the bottom, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings- A pct 19- conforming in shape to its receptacle is located in the lat-- ter, this pot having a perforated bottom 20. The pot is filled with a filtering agent 21 as charcoalor the like, and at the top of the receptacle a pan 22 of a construction like to that hereinbefore described is located, and consisting of the ring and screening fabric. T he pan is tapered to fit the tapered inner surface of the pot, which thereby forms a support or the pan. A similar screen is locateo at the bottom of the pot, resting upon the perforated bottom 20.

An out-let tube 23 extends from the bottom of the pot receiving receptacle 13, and this may be provided with a faucet 2-1 or like means for regulating the flow of fluid from the filter.

The faucet 2i may be closed and thus retain the material. within the filter until such time as it is desirable to draw it off. The

' recesses for the pans or cups are preferably tapered and the filtering receptacle as a whole ispreferably formed of a single piece seamless throughout, thus avoiding any joints to be affected by the hot material laced Within the filter.

ile I have shown and described herein the pr rred structure embodying my invention, it 7 1 be understood that I do not limit the invention to such construction, as it may be departed from to a greater or lesser extent without avoiding the invention.

I claim- 1. A receptacle having an outlet therefrom and a recess therein, a pot constructed to closely fit said receptacle and removably located therein, said pot having a perforated bottom, a screen removably located within the casing on the bottom of said pot, a filtering medium located in the pot above, said screen, a pan removably located within and resting upon the bottom of said recess in said receptacle, said recess being located outside the edge of said pot and a screen removably located in the bottom of said pan.

2. A receptacle having an outlet thereforated bottom, and a screen removably' locatedin the bottom of said pan.

3. A receptacle having an outlet therefrom, a pot removably located in the bottom of said receptacle, a pan having a perforated bottom removably located in said pot, a filtering medium resting upon said pan, and a second pan removably located in the receptacle above said pot, said pot and pans each having inturned handles at the upper edge thereof for removal purposes.

HARRISON D. NOBLES. 

